Roll with it

The DJ plays Roll With It by Oasis and the players all hug, except for City players, who look annoyed. Perhaps City just need to... roll with it. It's only one game, after all. West Ham were very, very good here tonight and have now won their first three away games of the season for the first time. Great work by Slaven Bilic's team.

91 mins +4

91 mins +3

Toure lines up a freekick on the wing and hits it into the middle of the box but it is well defended again by Man of the Match Winston Reid. Sagna is unfortunate not to keep the ball in play as he tries to cross it in by the byline.

90 mins +1

Groans around the Etihad as only four minutes of injury time are awarded. Can City do it? If they can it's definitely going to be one of Toure or De Bruyne. Definitely not Navas, who I am 98% sure is useless other than for winning corners. No-one even likes corners.

90 mins

The corner goes to the edge of the box where Aaron Cresswell is waiting. He skips past one, but his next touch takes the ball too far into the box and Fernandinho clears up the danger and is then fouled.

89 mins

Yaya Toure clumsily runs into Jelavic and gives away a foul in West Ham's box, thus relieving any pressure the team had built up while getting to that bit of the pitch. It's one of those really annoying fouls which only seem to happen when a team is desperately chasing a win. Dmitri Payet has just won a corner by taking a shot from 30 yards on the half-volley.

87 mins

James Collins has scored for City before, actually. We're due for a large "slab of stoppage time" apparently. Whether or not this is related to Moses being substituted earlier is unclear. I'm not sure if that works but I'm going to go with it anyway.

85 mins

83 mins

Yaya Toure does well to work a bit of space to find Jesus Navas, who sprints in a straight line towards the byline, cuts back and then passes back to Toure. His shot is charged down, De Bruyne has a go and now Jenkinson is down after making the challenges and is picked up Mark Noble, whose had enough of his shenanigans. Again, honestly he looks like he's in a bit of pain. The fullback grimaces as he lives the pitch for James Collins.

81 mins

Chance for West Ham! Out of nowhere a long ball comes off Sakho's head and Jelavic is one on one with Joe Hart. The keeper has to act quickly to punch the ball - had he not that very probably would have been a goal.

79 mins

Carl Jenkinson has a little sit down with what looks like cramp, but came as a result of clearing a ball. He does genuinely seem to be in a bit of pain but the fans aren't buying it and boo him as he re-enters play. West Ham play some brilliant one-touch counter-attack football but it's defended well once they get into City's half.

74 mins

Bony gets his first taste of the action since coming on but is muscled out of the header by both Reid and Tomkins in the box. West Ham are basically doing this thing where they give Man City as many corners as they possibly can.

70 mins

68 mins

Yaya Toure hits a really weird, very optimistic chipped pass into the box which goes straight to the defenders. I'm not sure what he thought was going to happen but the result was giving possession away. Never mind, the ball is soon back with City, and Sagna finds Navas, who does find Toure this time, but the captain's shot is blocked once more. Corner. Again.

66 mins

Here comes Bony. The Ivorian has taken his orange bib off and is preparing to come on for City. A lot of joy for the home side is coming down the wings so having someone in the middle who can win headers might open up the game. Aguero has just gone incredibly close to scoring. Now De Bruyne gets the ball 25 yards out, shapes to shoot, feints, does it again, feints, and one more time... and threads a brilliant pass to Navas. All he has to do is cut it back and its a certain goal, which is why the Spaniard just punts it at the keeper.

My colleague has just described Navas as a scalextric footballer, which is about the best way I can think of to explain what he is.

64 mins

Winston Reid stops Navas from getting too far forward. Demichelis plays an absolutely superb pass which splits the defence in half and finds Yaya Toure in space. He opens up his body and fires a shot at goal but again it drags just wide. City turning the screw here.

62 mins

Victor Moses comes off for Antonio. This might be a way to get Payet out on the left and get him back in the game. Otamendi has a shot from 30 yards which comes off a midfielder and out for a corner. De Bruyne takes it short, Sterling moves into the box and chips it in, but just misses the only City player waiting for the pass.

60 mins

Yaya Toure does a little 180degree scoop pass with the inside of his boot but a defender spots the danger. After a bit of play on the right the ball falls at the feet of Kolarov, and when Kolarov gets the ball at his feet there's only one thing he's going to do. Hit it over the bar.

58 mins

56 mins

Brilliant work by Raheem Sterling. He twists and turns by the D, slips a ball into Yaya Toure who drives forward and out muscles his marker. Adrian comes out and closes it down though and the chance goes begging. It's actually a really, really good save.

54 mins

52 mins

De Bruyne is unable to pick up a ball while running at pace, Sterling jumps a hopeful cross into the box - West Ham are on the back foot. Sterling is in space out left again, played in by Toure, drills the ball across the box but it's scrambled away.

50 mins

City have started much better this half. Attack after attack and Adrian has been busy. A ball flies across the box and Aguero gets a shot but the keeper is across to punch it away. Navas takes a corner but West Ham eventually get it clear.

48 mins

Substituion and KICK OFF 2

Off goes Elaquim Mangala and on comes captain slow himself, Martin Demichelis. Don't know why but it's probably tactical. Or maybe not. There really is no way to know. Unless I find out. And if I do, I'll tell you.

First touch by De Bruyne

The first touch by De Bruyne for his goal was brilliant, by the way.

Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne scores his side's first goal

The pass he receives is one of thost akward ones in the middle of the shinpad, but not only does he cushion it perfectly, he sets up the shot in one motion. Irrefutable proof then that the £55million spent on him was an appropriate amount of money.

Changes for second half

I fully expect Manuel Pellegrini to do something about the space Payet keeps finding in this next half. I'm not sure exactly how other than getting Fernandinho to man mark him the entire time, but if you do that you take out the ball winning anchorman guy in the middle of the midfield. I guess that's why I'm writing about the game rather than managing Man City. Also other reasons too, but I think we should start with that tactical problem first.

I agree with Gary

A better picture of that Sakho goal

HALF TIME!

And the half is over. West Ham played a blinder there but De Bruyne's goal will change the game. If I hadn't already lost all of my bets for the last three years, I'd put money on City to win this because football [cliche hat] is a game of two halves [cliche hat off]. Also I just think that's going to happen.

45 mins +4

The final minute of injury time brings a yellow card for Pedro Obiang, as he fouls Yaya Toure who is lying on the floor as though he has been mortally wounded. He hasn't, he's taken a wee knock just above the knee on his thigh. Obiang booked, Toure has to go off the pitch because of the attention he needed. Both literally from the physio and metaphorically.

45 mins +2

De Bruyne scores his first ever goal in the Premier League as he picks the ball up about 25 yards out, takes a few steps forward and hits a great, powerful and low shot from outside the box which beats Adrian.

45 mins

The City fans boo as Sakho comes back on. "BOO! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INJURED" they say, maybe. De Bruyne is having a good game and finds Aguero in the box again, but his standing leg looks to slip as he attacks the cross and boots it over the bar.

43 mins

What a pass by Payet! The midfielder picks the ball up between the defence and midfield again, is given room to turn and spots Sakho's run. He threads it through, the striker wins the ball but is tackled well by Otamendi. He's lying on the floor injured at the moment and might have hurt his ankle. Also possibly his pride because his shot ended up deflecting into his face, which as we all know, is one of the most annoying ways you can hurt yourself in the world.

40 mins

Great save Adrian! Sagna runs into loads of space on the right wing, looks for his options in the box and sees Aguero dart to the near post. He whips in a low cross (triple tap O on a Playstation) and the Argentine flicks it but Adrian gets down well. The ball is loose and Aguero tries again but West Ham hold on.

38 mins

De Bruyne finds Navas in space in the corner of the box and he hits a shot towards the far post, Adrian punches it, Sterling wins the loose ball and plays it inside to Aguero. He feints to shoot, puts the ball on his right foot the other side of the defender and looks to curl it into the top corner... but it's wide.

36 mins

34 mins

I honestly did not see this coming. West Ham have set up really well and taken advantage of every single opportunity they've been given so far - City on the other hand haven't really had any opportunities to exploit! Yaya Toure is annoyed he doesn't win a corner.

31 mins

GOAAAAAAAAL! Man City 0 - 2 (Sakho 31') West Ham

Winston Reid is totally unmarked at the back post from a corner, Payet finds him and his header goes into a thing sometimes called "the mixer". Up pops Diafra Sakho who scrambles the ball into the net and all of a sudden Man City are in real danger of being done. 2-0 to the Hammers.

28 mins

Toure hits a pass which comes off Mark Noble's hand but no freekick is given. This is mostly because Noble was standing about five yards away and didn't really have much time to move. That doesn't stop all of the players and fans screaming for a handball, of course, and as the move continues eventually someone is offside.

26 mins

Navas finds himself in space on the right, moves towards the box and hits his cross straight into a defender. There were two players waiting for the ball, options behind, but as always Navas does one thing good and then another thing which isn't. Is he good? TELL ME!

24 mins

The home fans have started getting on the back of their team. The build up is really quite slow, to be fair, and as soon as the ball starts being moved sideways West Ham get into position and look too difficult ot break down. The width is coming from the full backs who are leaving space in behind for West Ham counters.

22 mins

West Ham have an attack at goal and Joe Hart is brought into action again. Nothing comes of it eventually and City build from the back until Fernandinho runs out of ideas and then runs into Sakho. The forward runs at the two remaining centrebacks but is tackled eventually. Raheem Sterling gets the ball at the other end of the pitch and is fouled by Manuel Lanzini, who is booked for doing so.

20 mins

18 mins

Manuel Pellegrini's assistant looks like an evil version of him.

The City crowd is really quiet now. Payet has begun dropping deep between all of the home side's midfielders everytime West Ham go forward and nearly got Sakho in on goal a second ago. West Ham aren't here for a draw. Unless they are losing in the 89th minute, in which case they probably are.

11 mins

Otamendi threads a nice pass through to Navas, who finds Toure, who finds Sagna out wide but his cross goes out for a throw in. It's high up the pitch and Toure does really well to get a cross in. Raheem Sterling is the player the ball is aimed at though, and as you can imagine his height doesn't do him any favours. West Ham get the ball away.

9 mins

Moses is penalised for a foul throw, the rarest foul you will ever see in a Premier League match. I think that's maybe one of about seven I've ever seen awarded. De Bruyne plays a great early pass for Navas, Cresswell heads it towards Adrian but it's short and the keeper comes racing out. Aguero picks up the ball, rounds the goalkeeper about 25 yards out and tries the reverse shot but it's wide of an empty goal. Big chance.

KICK OFF!

The players are on the pitch

The interesting thing about that Silva injury is that we might get to see Kevin De Bruyne play in his best position, behind the striker. He was absolutely superb for Wolfsburg last season, as a £55million transfer fee might suggest.

Silva out!

What to expect today?

Well then. What do we think is going to happen in this game? If, like me, you play Fantasy Football, you'll be hoping that David Silva and Sergio Aguero suddenly become amazing again and earn all of the points. Or if you're a clever, super smart - and very handsome - player, you'll also want Dmitri Payet to score a hat-trick.

If you think you know what might happen why not email me? joseph.bull@telegraph.co.uk though confusingly my name is JJ. Well, not officially but no-one calls me Joseph. Or you can tweet me! @jj_bull

Otamendi starts for City

So the big news, sort of, is that Nicolas Otamendi makes his Premier league debut for City. He came on as a substitute during the 2-1 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League for captain Vincent Kompany who got injured. He said it wasn't serious, but it's clearly serious enough for the giant Belgian to be left at home.

City slickers ready for City boys

Manuel Pellegrini, the Manchester City manager, feels it is almost impossible to tone down captain Vincent Kompany's game to prevent injuries.

City's inspirational skipper will miss the Premier League leaders' clash with West Ham later today after suffering a calf injury in the midweek Champions League loss to Juventus.

It is the latest in a long line of leg muscle injuries to have sidelined the Belgium international during his City career.

The continuing trend is a concern but Pellegrini says it would go against the 29-year-old's nature to curb the way he plays.

Pellegrini said: "It's difficult. When you have that temperament, it is not easy for him. He has his characteristics and it is not easy for him to change.

"He tries sometimes not to have always 100 per cent intensity, but you cannot change him.

"Vincent plays with 100 per cent intensity, not just every game but every training session.

"He is not used to working the whole week, during the season, just to avoid injury."

Pellegrini does not want to draw too many comparisons with past injuries - Kompany had spells out with calf, hamstring and groin problems last season - and hopes he may just have been unlucky this time.

He said: "It's not always the same calf. It's not always the same problem. I think the way to try to have less injuries is to work better and he's doing very well this season.

"I don't think this is a serious injury, just a precaution as he's not feeling 100 per cent to play again.

"I am sure he is improving and he will not have so many injuries as the past two seasons.

"I'm not worried about it and I think he will have a decent season."

Nicolas Otamendi, a summer signing at City, is expected to replace Kompany as the Argentine prepares to make his Premier League debut.

"It is important for Nicolas Otamendi to have his opportunity to demonstrate why he is here," Pellegrini said.

Sergio Agüero, another Argentine, will return up front after playing just seven minutes against Juventus following a knee injury after Pellegrini said the player "is 100 per cent and will play without any problems."

JJ Bull will be here from 17.00 to provide you with all the build-up to today's evening kick off